The Bellator tournament format has the built-in framework to generate stars in a hurry.
It's cruel on mind and body, but going from relative unknown to a headlining commodity can become reality w read news >>

x x xBellator’s Season 7 lightweight tournament final will finally go down on Thursday night, as both Dave Jansen and Marcin Held hit their contracted weights at Wednesday’s Bellator 93 weigh-ins. read news >>

Dave Jansen had a solid first round, but Bellator lightweight champion "Ill" Will Brooks proved why he's the holder of the gold in the final four rounds. With a clear edge in speed, dexterity and phy read news >>

IRVINE, Calif. -- Heading into Bellator 136, Will Brooks predicted he would finish his opponent, veteran Dave Jansen, in the first or second round. But Jansen, who came up in the sport with Portland' read news >>

Bellator lightweight Number 1 contender, Dave Jansen weighs in on opponent, Will Brooks ahead of their title bout and discusses an unusual training method he uses for hand-eye coordination developmen read news >>

There was a time not so long ago where Dave Jansen measured his accomplishments a little differently. Working as a cook, there were no gold belts or rankings systems. No knockouts or submissions. Jan read news >>

When you're the lightweight champion of a major promotion and you're 15-1, everyone will want to know who the one loss on your record is. For Bellator's "Ill" Will Brooks, that one loss belongs to Sa read news >>

It's more than a little hard to believe Marcin Held is just 23 years old. For starters, he's been a professional mixed martial artist since September of 2008, a span of nearly seven years (that made read news >>

The biggest fight of Dave Jansen's career awaits him Friday in the form of a Bellator lightweight title shot. Taking on current 155-pound champ Will Brooks at Bellator 136 in Irvine, California, Jans read news >>